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All 22 seats to Shetland Islands Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party
Leader
Sandy Cluness
Party
Independent
Leader's seat
Lerwick North
Last election
17 seats, 76.2%
Seats before
17
Seats won
22
Seat change
5
Popular vote
9,249
Percentage
92.8%
Swing
16.6
Council Convener before election
Sandy Cluness Independent
Council Convener after election
Sandy Cluness Independent
Results by ward.
Elections to Shetland Islands Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local governmentelections and the Scottish Parliamentgeneral election. The election was the first one using seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. The Council was one of only three in Scotland with a majority of elected members who were independents.[1][2]
Shetland Islands council election, 2007: North Isles
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Independent
Josie Simpson (Incumbent)
479
33.5
1
1
Independent
Laura Baisley
197
13.8
2
6
Independent
Robert Henderson
145
10.1
3
6
Independent
Brian Gregson (Incumbent)
145
10.1
Independent
Gordon Williamson
126
8.8
Independent
Laurence Odie
117
8.2
Independent
Laurence Robertson
113
7.9
Independent
Robert Thomson
107
7.5
Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Shetland North
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Independent
Alastair Cooper
438
31.6
1
1
Independent
Addie Doull
215
15.5
2
6
Independent
Bill Manson (Incumbent)
214
15.5
3
6
Independent
Barbara Cheyne (Incumbent)
186
13.4
Independent
Kenny Hughson
135
9.6
Independent
Alan MacDonald
82
5.9
Independent
Daniel Robertson
68
4.9
Independent
Joan Easten
46
3.3
Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Shetland West
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Independent
Frank Robertson (Incumbent)
384
31.6
1
1
Independent
Gary Robinson
289
23.8
1
2
Independent
Florence Grains (Incumbent)
245
20.1
3
4
Independent
Brian Anderson
174
14.3
Independent
Marion Hughson
124
10.2
Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Shetland Central
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Independent
Iris Hawkins (Incumbent)
330
27.2
1
1
Independent
Andrew Hughson
311
25.6
2
1
Independent
Betty Fullerton
257
21.2
3
7
Independent
Ian Scott
131
10.8
Independent
Geordie Pottinger
98
8.1
Independent
John Hunter
46
3.8
Independent
Jim Ivens
23
1.9
Independent
Scotty Dyble
19
1.6
Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Shetland South
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Independent
Alison Duncan
501
31.6
1
1
Independent
Jim Budge
350
22.1
2
4
Independent
Rick Nickerson
286
18.0
3
4
Liberal Democrats
Gordon Mitchell (Incumbent)
225
14.2
Independent
John Hunter
148
9.3
Liberal Democrats
James Friedlander
75
4.5
Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Lerwick North
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Independent
Allan Wishart
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39.2
1
1
Independent
Sandy Cluness (Incumbent)
264
20.5
2
3
Independent
Caroline Miller
206
16.0
3
5
Independent
Bill Adams
125
9.7
Scottish Socialist
Kin Learmonth
110
8.6
Independent
Kathy Greaves
79
6.1
Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Lerwick South
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Independent
Cecil Eunson (Incumbent)
489
26.4
1
1
Independent
Gussie Angus
473
25.6
2
1
Independent
Cecil Smith
199
10.8
3
7
Conservative
Maurice Mullay
159
8.6
Scottish Socialist
Robbie Leith
150
8.1
Independent
Jim Henry (Incumbent)
127
6.9
4
8
Independent
Michael Peterson
116
6.3
Independent
Robert Feather (Incumbent)
97
5.2
Independent
Lindsay Smith
40
2.2
By-elections since 2007 Elections[]
On 28 February 2008 Independent Dr Jonathan Wills won a by-election which arose following the death of Independent Councillor Cecil Eunson on 25 December 2007.
Lerwick South By-Election (28 February 2008)- 1 seat[3]
On 15 December 2011 Independent David Sandison won a by-election which arose following the resignation of Independent Councillor Iris Hawkins on 30 September 2011.
Shetland Central By-Election (15 December 2011)- 1 seat[4]
^MacMahon, Peter and Walker, Helen (18 May 2007) "Winds of change sweep Scots town halls". Edinburgh. The Scotsman. The other two independent run Councils are Orkney and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Moray is run by a Conservative/Independent coalition.